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Posted 07/08/2011 11:08 am
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I just can't believe that something as priceless as these coins were so easily stolen.
I just can't believe that something as priceless as these coins were so easily stolen.
Not priceless at all, value is in the $10-20,000 range.
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They make this ANA theft seem like they were wide out in the open.
They make this ANA theft seem like they were wide out in the open.
Security at the Edward C. Rochette Museum in Colorado Springs is top-notch and it should be considering they probably have in excess of $100 million in the building. This was a small traveling ANA exhibit that was on loan to the Museum of Transportation in St Louis. The exhibit was in a locked glass case but with no further security measures(guard, CCTV cameras, etc). No museum alarms were triggered and it is suspected that the lock to the case was picked. The coins were stolen the weekend before the exhibit officially opened to the public so that coupled with no alarms or broken glass strongly points to an inside job.
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think that the writer or reporter just did not talk to the victim.
think that the writer or reporter just did not talk to the victim.
The problem with that is the "victim" is 900 miles away from St Louis in Colorado Springs, I doubt any local yokel reporters bothered to place a call to the 719 area code. The ANA did their part though by placing an alert with the Numismatic Crime Information Center, complete with listed dates and conditions. This story was also featured on all of the local TV station newscasts so it was covered fairly well in the St Louis area. One consequence I see coming out of this is the ANA being much more stringent with security requirements for recipients of traveling exhibits.
